A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 572.07 km (355 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/17 / 2017-12-25 20:35:25 / December 25, 2017 @ 8:35 pm. The temblor was detected at 08:35:25 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 179.1981 East, latitude -23.0661 South, depth = 572.07 km. Unique identifier: us1000bw59. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000bw59.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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